According to Nardone, Airista Flow, headquartered in Sparks, Md., intends to retain the Ekahau brand, as well as offer existing Ekahau Wi-Fi RTLS products and collaborate with Ekahau ESS' engineers on future solutions that could blend a variety of RTLS-based technologies. "As time goes on, we will work to develop technologies together," she says, noting that for the time being, Ekahau RTLS' offices in Virginia and Finland will continue to operate at their existing locations.

Michel Wendell, Ekahau ESS' chairman and CEO

Ekahau RTLS offers Wi-Fi-based tracking solutions for assets and staff safety. The majority of such systems are used in the health-care market, though they have also been adopted by public school districts and colleges, and, in at least one instance, on a cruise ship.

Airista makes asset- and personnel-tracking solutions employing passive, active and semi-active RFID technology, as well as RTLS solutions and GPS, for the health-care, oil and gas, logistics, assisted-living and other sectors.